Sidivan
Fractal Fanatic
I played an irish pub tonight that has a non-cover band venue above it. Packed house, gig is going awesome and then during the 3rd set, there are these 2 bearded dudes (20's) and an older (40's) clean shaven gentleman standing right beside the stage on my right. I notice the one wearing a hoodie, let's call him Johnny, is gesturing towards my rack and when I look at him, he does the hands up shaking his head like he's confused. Between songs he says, "Where's your amp?!" and I said, "right there. It's an Axe FX". It took me awhile to figure it out, but apparently he couldn't believe that I didn't have an amp... and he didn't like it. Soon, he's telling everybody around him how shitty it is that I don't have amp. This goes on for 40 minutes.
As soon as we're done, clean shaven man (Dave) is standing next to Johnny and Johnny says, "I like your non-rig" in a sarcastic tone and I respond, "Yeah, it's fucking awesome!". "NO IT'S NOT. IT'S THE ANTITHESIS OF AWESOME!" he yells. I say, "You don't like it because it's not a 4x12 on stage or you don't like it because it actually sounded shitty?", to which he says, "A little of column A and a little of column B". "Dude, if you don't like it, don't buy one. It's as simple as that. You continue to use what you like, and I'll continue to use what I like. At the end of the day, I don't really give a shit if you like my rig. BTW, you stood there and listened for 40 minutes. If it truly sucked that bad, you would've left." He left.
IMMEDIATELY after, Dave says, "Hey, what pedal is that". "Oh, that's the MFC 101 made by Fractal Audio. It's a midi controller, no sound processing there" I say. He asks, "So, what is the rack unit?". "It's a Fractal Audio Axe FX II."
"It sounds great", Dave responds.
As I'm hauling gear out of the venue, Dave asks about the atomic wedges I brought out and why I had those running with my In Ears in. I give him the entire run down of how the house PA doesn't have enough monitors, so I brought 2 from home so our drummer and bass player could use them. He thinks it's badass.
It turns out, Dave is the sound guy for Johnny's band, which played upstairs! So, the guitarist thought it was fucking stupid and "shitty", but the sound guy thought it was not only smart, but it sounded great too. I'm putting tonight in the win category.
As soon as we're done, clean shaven man (Dave) is standing next to Johnny and Johnny says, "I like your non-rig" in a sarcastic tone and I respond, "Yeah, it's fucking awesome!". "NO IT'S NOT. IT'S THE ANTITHESIS OF AWESOME!" he yells. I say, "You don't like it because it's not a 4x12 on stage or you don't like it because it actually sounded shitty?", to which he says, "A little of column A and a little of column B". "Dude, if you don't like it, don't buy one. It's as simple as that. You continue to use what you like, and I'll continue to use what I like. At the end of the day, I don't really give a shit if you like my rig. BTW, you stood there and listened for 40 minutes. If it truly sucked that bad, you would've left." He left.
IMMEDIATELY after, Dave says, "Hey, what pedal is that". "Oh, that's the MFC 101 made by Fractal Audio. It's a midi controller, no sound processing there" I say. He asks, "So, what is the rack unit?". "It's a Fractal Audio Axe FX II."
"It sounds great", Dave responds.
As I'm hauling gear out of the venue, Dave asks about the atomic wedges I brought out and why I had those running with my In Ears in. I give him the entire run down of how the house PA doesn't have enough monitors, so I brought 2 from home so our drummer and bass player could use them. He thinks it's badass.
It turns out, Dave is the sound guy for Johnny's band, which played upstairs! So, the guitarist thought it was fucking stupid and "shitty", but the sound guy thought it was not only smart, but it sounded great too. I'm putting tonight in the win category.